Polaris Star, Southern Star

Prospect in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Silver, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234562
MAS/MILS ID 0040251057
Record type Site
Current site name Polaris Star, Southern Star
Alternate or previous names Pat

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.51574, 33.95366 (WGS84)
Elevation 902
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007 N 003 W 13 C NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.51574, 33.95366

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pessim Mining Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS RED PICACHO QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR BENNETT MINE FILE SEE MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES USAEC PRELIM RECON REPORT YAVAPAI CTY P 52

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.